StepsMeter vs Sun Ring
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StepsMeter
Track your daily steps and visualize your progress with detailed statistics and activity rings. Set personal goals and monitor your trends over time. Integrates with Apple Health for automatic tracking.
- Real-time step tracking
- Detailed statistics and trend charts
- Daily activity rings (steps, distance, calories)
- Goal setting and progress monitoring
- Apple Health integration
- iPhone and Apple Watch support
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StepsMeter helps you turn daily walking into visible progress. Track your steps in real time, explore detailed statistics, and reach your personal goal — all in a clean, tab-based layout. Overview Your daily activity ring shows step count, distance, floors, and calories at a glance. A trend chart with daily averages keeps you informed about your recent activity. Statistics Dive deeper with weekly comparisons, active day tracking, trend overviews, weekday patterns, personal bests, goal streaks, monthly progress heatmaps, and all-time totals. History Review your step data by week, month, or year — with charts, summaries, and detailed breakdowns. More Features - Estimated time to reach your daily goal based on your walking pace - Monthly progress levels to keep you motivated - Apple Health integration for automatic step tracking - iPhone and Apple Watch support - 34 languages supported StepsMeter is designed to be simple, focused, and motivating for everyday use.
Sun Ring
This app encourages daily sun exposure by using a familiar ring-closing mechanic. Users can customize their daily goals and track progress with watch face complications and notifications. Review historical data to maintain streaks and stay motivated to enjoy the outdoors.
- Gamified daily sun exposure tracking
- Customizable daily sun exposure goals
- Adjustable 'direct sunlight' lux value
- Watch face widgets and complications
- Goal completion notifications
- Daily progress history and streak tracking
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Sun Ring gamifies daily sun exposure in a format Apple Watch owners will find very familiar: closing a ring. Easily glance at your progress for the day and motivate yourself to go outside to reach your goal. CUSTOMIZABLE THRESHOLDS Set how many minutes you'd like to be in the sun each day, and motivate yourself to enjoy the outdoors. Change what Sun Ring considers as "direct sunlight" by adjusting the minimum lux value your Apple Watch counts towards your goal. WIDGETS/COMPLICATIONS Easily view and keep track of your daily progress right from your watch face. Watch your Sun Ring close throughout the day and inch closer toward your goal. NOTIFICATIONS Never miss out on reaching your goal by turning on Goal Completion notifications. Your Apple Watch will send you a celebratory notification when you have reached or surpassed your daily sun exposure goal. HISTORY Remain motivated by looking at the progress you've made over the past few days and keep your streak alive! Easily see which days you fell short or exceeded your goal and closed your ring. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sun Ring at 5.0 against StepsMeter's 4.6. Sun Ring also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). StepsMeter's advantage is ratings volume (19 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sun Ring holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: StepsMeter has 19 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | StepsMeter | Sun Ring |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (19 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Steffen Mayer | Aaron Taylor |
Customer experience
StepsMeter
Sun Ring
In-app purchases
StepsMeter
No in-app purchases
Sun Ring
No in-app purchases
